Four young women from Fayette County were among 81 Girl Scouts from Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta, Inc. who recently earned the Girl Scout Gold Award, the highest award girls can earn in Girl Scouting.
 
Fayette County Girl Scout Gold Award recipients are: Lauren Arrington of Fayetteville, the daughter of Gertrude and Shelby Arrington; Ashley Berry of Fayetteville, the daughter of Aimee and Richard Berry; Brittany Stone of Peachtree City, the daughter of Ann and Henry Stone; and Amanda Wilson of Peachtree City, the daughter of Susan and Michael Wilson.
 
A girl who earns the Girl Scout Gold Award completes components that help her build skills in leadership, communication, time management, presentation, delegation, interpersonal relationships, responsibility and commitment. She explores and demonstrates setting short- and long-term goals, while developing her own self-potential and values. She then combines all of the skills that she has gained through this process to design, plan, implement and evaluate a 65-hour project that makes a significant difference in her community. This process takes three to four years to complete.  The Girl Scout Gold Award is the equivalent to Boy Scouts of America’s Eagle Scout rank.
 
Stone’s Girl Scout Gold Award project focused on helping develop and implement the master landscape plan for Peachtree City United Methodist Church’s community building. “This project honed my communication, organizational and leadership skills and gave me the desire to finish the things I start,” says Stone.
 
Arrington states, “Working towards the award taught me patience, diligence and perseverance. It also gave me a greater appreciation for those who worked with me in accomplishing this goal.” Arrington hosted a community health fair about healthy living for her Girl Scout Gold Award project. The event offered free health screenings along with programs for children.
 
For her Girl Scout Gold Award project, Wilson created a directory of services for the families of the Grandparents Raising Grandchildren organization. The directory featured phone numbers and Web sites to various free tutoring programs. “I’m proud to join an elite group of women who decide to work as hard as possible to make their community and county a better place,” says Wilson. 
 
Berry hosted a Musical Passport Camp in Honduras to teach children about music. “The Girl Scout Gold Award is a symbol of a culmination of all I have achieved in Girl Scouting over the years. I am proud of the adventures and the lessons learned and will proudly wear the Girl Scout Gold Award pin,” says Berry.
 
About Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta, Inc.
Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta, Inc. serves approximately 40,000 girls and over 17,700 adult members in 34 counties in the greater metropolitan Atlanta area, northwest Georgia and Polk County, TN. Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confidence and character, who make the world a better place. For more information on how to join, volunteer or donate to Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta, Inc. call (800) 771-4046, or visit www.girlscoutsofgreateratlanta.org.

Photo caption: (l-r) Amanda Wilson and Brittany Stone, of Peachtree City, recently received their Girl Scout Gold Award. Not pictured: Lauren Arrington and Ashley Berry.